Braceborough
The ecclesiastical parish has equivalent boundaries to the civil parish. It is part of the Uffington Group in the Aveland & Ness with Stamford Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln. The incumbent is Rev Carolyn Kennedy.
The Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1837.
During the Second World War Braceborough Hall housed elements of the Women's Land Army; it is now a retirement home.
Braceborough Spa
Near Braceborough is Braceborough Spa which had its own railway station, Braceborough Spa Halt, on the independent Essendine to Bourne Railway. It became part of Great Northern Railway. The line was closed in June 1951.
Braceborough Spa, rising in the grounds of Spa House, was popular in the Victorian era for its natural spring waters. As with many Victorian Spas, Braceborough's declined in favour of more modern forms of medical treatment, and finally closed in 1939.
References
- ^ "Parish Council".
- ^ "Population statistics Braceborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Braceborough CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Braceborough P C C". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1360151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 77-78; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ Historic England. "Braceborough Spa Halt (506986)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Stennett, Alan (2007). Lost railways of Lincolnshire. Countryside Books. pp. 99–102.
- Willis, Francis (1823). A Treatise on Mental Derangement, containing the Substance of the Gulstonian Lectures for May 1822. London: Longman.
External links
- Media related to Braceborough at Wikimedia Commons
- National Monument record for Deserted Medieval Village of Shillingthorpe
- Location map of Braceborough
- Aerial view of Braceborough
- "Braceborough", Homepages.which.net
- "Braceborough. Church: St Margaret Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Robschurches.moonfruit.com
- "Welcome to the Uffington Group website", Bubbleeventservices.co.uk